Hisako Yamane Movies

Adapted from the original work by the literary giant Yasunari Kawabata. Through the lives of three sisters each following their own path, the film...

The 1st movie in the Kobushidake denki series.

On the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in...

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

1952 Japanese movie

Hanakosan (1943, TOHO, MAKINO Masahiro), a thoroughly light and joyful musical comedy, influenced by Busby Berkeley films, against the national...

A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

The story deas with the experiences of an exceptionally strong-willed, middle class Tokyo "ojōsan" who comes to teach in a middle school in the...

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

In this sequel to The Husband Wore the Apron, househusband Soma wins a children's literature award, bringing in a windfall of prize money. Meanwhile,...

Film by Kon Ichikawa

Canal - A river created by cutting through nature for the sake of human life that flows silently, encompassing good, evil, sorrow, and joy, just like...

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Film by Buichi Saitô